I attended a Democratic National Convention update by the 2008 Host Committee yesterday. Mayor Hickenlooper kicked off the proceedings and one of the most interesting things in the works – in addition to 10s of thousands of journalists and bloggers getting ready to descend on Denver – is a short film contest for the convention. [...]
Last year, IBM put out a report called “Virtual Worlds, Real Leaders” that argued that MMORPGs (such as “World of Warcraft”) are places where leadership skills can be developed and refined. I read the entire report and agreed completely – games such as WoW allow players to command groups of other players who may (in [...]
State Senator Chris Romer encountered fierce resistance when he proposed a bill that would charge Colorado residents for driving on I-70 during the weekend rush hour in an effort to ease traffic. In response, Romer set up a Google group called “Fix I-70 Now” where those residents could submit better ideas on how to improve [...]
Recently JohnstonWells’ emerging media team helped Boulder-based Culinary School of the Rockies produce a series of videos for the school’s new Farm to Table externship. We went out to the North Fork Valley on Colorado’s western slope and interviewed Don Lareau of Zephyros Farm & Garden and Brook LeVan of Sustainable Settings. We also interviewed [...]